The Rich Are Different Author:Susan Howatch With the same skill that enabled her to bring the nineteenth century so vividly to life in Penmarric and Cashelmara, Susan Howatch has recreated the period from 1922 to 1940 in The Rich are Different. The luxury of the twenties, the agony of the crash, the gathering storm of war, all form the background against which the characters of her novel ... more »play out their lives, from generation to generation, in a book that will not only confirm but enhance Ms. Howatch's unique reputation and atonishing record of success.« less